Raoul Hausmann, Courrier Dada

Raoul Hausmann, Dada Courier. First French edition, Le Terrain Vague, Paris 1958. Publisher's wrappers with the celebrated typographic cover listing the protagonists of the Dada movement in an avant-garde visual composition: Arp, Ball, Janco, Tzara, Schwitters, Max Ernst, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Duchamp, Man Ray, Heartfield, Huelsenbeck, Grosz, Serner, Baader. Fundamental text for the history of Dadaism, written by one of its protagonists—Hausmann was co-founder of the Berlin Dada Club in 1918 and inventor of photomontage. The volume includes the author's valuable bibliography compiled by Poupard-Lieussou. Copy in good general condition, with natural patina of age. Essential document for any collection dedicated to the historical avant-gardes of the twentieth century.